Ogaden is one of the historical names used for the modern Somali Region which forms the eastern portion of Ethiopia and borders Somalia. Other names sometimes used for this area are Haud or Hawd.
Somali-inhabited region within Ethiopia shown as part of Greater Somali territory
1873 cartography by John Bartholomew designating “Ugaden” east of Harar
Statue of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan in Ethiopia, legend from the early 1900s
Street scene in Jijiga, Somali Region
The Somali people are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Somalis, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family, and they are predominantly Sunni Muslim. Forming one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent, they cover one of the most expansive landmasses by a single ethnic group in Africa.
A Somali man in a traditional Koofiyad
Ruins of the Adal Sultanate in Zeila, a kingdom led in the 16th century by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (Ahmed Gurey).
Queen Ati of Land of Punt as depicted on the walls of Deir el-Bahari
The Citadel of Gondershe was an important site in the medieval Ajuran Empire.